Cleveland Lakes permissive path flooded.
Due to the heavy rainfall, Cleveland Lakes permissive path is flooded. Please use an alternative route.
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Cotswold Lakes Trust introduces the Beaver Bus to the Cotswold Water Park
It looks like a beaver, tows like a horse box and opens up like a camper. Welcome to the Beaver Bus – Cotswold Lakes Trust’s latest creation in its mission to spread the word about nature conservation...
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Maintaining Habitats in the Cotswold Water Park
During the winter months, staff and volunteers at the Cotswold Lakes Trust spend a lot of their time improving and maintaining various habitats around the Cotswold Water Park. Without intervention many...
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Flood Alert
FloodAlert: Tributaries on the Upper River Thames above Cricklade https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/061WAF23UpThTrbs
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Black-headed Gulls affected by Bird Flu
Bird Flu has been in and out of the news for the last couple of years. A particularly nasty variant has been at large, and its not only farmed poultry which have been affected; wild birds have suffered...
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Cotswold Water Park Wintering Birds
During autumn, as the colder weather looms, thousands of birds perform a ‘changing of the guard’ around the Cotswold Water Park. The delicate, mainly insect eating, warm weather lovers pack their bags...
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Waxwings
Keep your eyes open this winter for a particularly attractive visitor, which is likely to turn up on berry bushes around Cotswold Water Park villages: Waxwings. These gorgeous, crested, Starling sized...
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Rory Bremner to host the 2024 Cotswold Water Park Ball
Top impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner will be the hosting the 2024 Cotswold Water Park Ball to support Cotswold Lakes Trust. The glittering black tie event at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park...
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The decline of House Sparrows
There can’t be too many people reading this who aren’t aware of House Sparrows, as their preference for ‘human sites’ brings them into most of our gardens. But were you aware that numbers have declined...
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Great Crested Grebes
Spring is with us and love is in the air for the local wildlife. When it comes to the most impressive attempts at wooing, Great Crested Grebes are up near the top of the list. These are easily the...
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Cotswold Lakes Trust introduces ‘Habitat Heroes’ Corporate Membership Scheme
Cotswold Lakes Trust is delighted to announce the launch of its corporate membership scheme, ‘Habitat Heroes’. This new initiative invites businesses to support its frontline charitable conservation...
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The Cotswold Water Park Visitor Centre receives an award from Slow Travel in...
Cotswold Lakes Trust received a Highly Commended award for the Cotswold Water Park Visitor Centre at The Slow Travel Cotswolds Awards ceremony which took place on Wednesday 24 April at the Painswick...
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Otters
Twenty years ago, the chances of seeing an Otter in the Cotswold Water Park area were slim at best. Nationally, they had suffered a massive decline, particularly during the 1950’s and 60’s, and...
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